Bill Text: NJ S2079 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Limits settings where certain surgeries may be performed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-09 - Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading [S2079 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-S2079-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2079

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 18, 2012

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  RICHARD J. CODEY

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Limits settings where certain surgeries may be performed.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on May 9, 2013, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning certain surgical procedures and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1. a.  A physician shall perform any of the following procedures only in an office or facility that is accredited by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, or The Joint Commission:

     (1)  a liposuction procedure that involves ¹the removal of¹ more than ¹[750] 500¹ cubic centimeters of ¹[aspirate] fat¹;

     (2)  a procedure that utilizes a breast ¹[implant] prosthesis¹; or

     (3)  an aesthetic truncal contouring procedure that involves the ¹non-lesional¹ excision of skin.

     b.  A physician who violates the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall be subject to disciplinary action and civil penalties pursuant to sections 8, 9, and 12 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-21, 45:1-22, and 45:1-25).

 

     ¹2.  The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) and in consultation with the State Board of Medical Examiners, shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.¹

 

     ¹[2.] 3.¹ This act shall take effect on the ¹[90th day after] first day of the fourth month next following the date of¹ enactment ¹, but the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs and the State Board of Medical Examiners may each take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act¹.